Deputy Chief of Party at FHI 360

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories. FHI 360 seeks a qualified candidate for the position of:

Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party

Job ID: 17512
Location: Abuja

Job Description

• SHARP project is anticipated USAID-funded project to improve the quality and effectiveness of high-impact, evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions to meet state/LGA-specific goals and objectives.

Job Summary / Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the Chief of Party, this position will be responsible for overseeing management and technical operations. The DCOP should have leadership qualities with excellent interpersonal and organizational qualities.
• At a minimum, the candidate should have extensive experience managing similar projects and should have in-depth technical knowledge and experience in all components of HIV/AIDS program including Prevention, Treatment, Care & Support, PMTCT HIV/TB, OVCs as well as cross-cutting areas such as Health Systems Strengthening (HSS).
• Experience in key population programming desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Chief of Party to provide leadership to the program, ensure strategic program direction, and provide high quality technical assistance;
• Supervise technical team leaders to ensure high quality and comprehensive technical programming;
• Mobilize institutional and project resources, tools, best practices, innovations, technology to deliver a synergistic, evidence based program;
• Liaise with key partners and stakeholders to meet program objectives and deliver results;
• Collaborate with technical staff to ensure program activities are designed and implemented according to industry best practices while being tailored to the local context;
• Work closely with the team to develop annual work plans, reports and performance monitoring plans;
• Provide leadership to ensure the development of timely, high quality and regulation compliant reporting per FHI 360 and donor guidelines.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or a related field;
• At least 8 years’ experience working as a senior level manager in public health program in a developing country;
• Experience supervising and leading teams and monitoring staff performance;
• Experience integrating gender into development programming is preferred;
• Knowledge of Nigerian health system and HIV/AIDS epidemic

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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